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Guitar God Nita Strauss announces 'miracle' pregnancy as she and husband look forward to welcoming their first child
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Tony Iommi films New Year message, reflects on the "Summer of Sabbath"
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Myles Kennedy looks back on the time he refused to audition for Slash and Velvet Revolver
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Jack White blasts US congressman who shared laughably bad AI-generated Jack White video
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Latest Classic Rock News

Guitar God Nita Strauss announces 'miracle' pregnancy as she and husband look forward to welcoming their first child
By Stef Lach published
'Hurricane' Nita Strauss is pregnant with a son, she has confirmed in a statement alongside husband Josh Villalta

Tony Iommi films New Year message, reflects on the "Summer of Sabbath"
By Fraser Lewry published
The Riff Lord has spoken

Myles Kennedy looks back on the time he refused to audition for Slash and Velvet Revolver
By Matt Mills published
After being diagnosed with tinnitus, the Alter Bridge singer/guitarist shot down the chance to audition for Velvet Revolver and their lineup of then-former Guns N’ Roses members

Jack White blasts US congressman who shared laughably bad AI-generated Jack White video
By Fraser Lewry published
Tennessee representative Tim Burchett shared an AI-generated video of Jack White and called him "that cute little girl from the Addams Family"

Dave Mustaine doesn’t know what he’ll do with himself after Megadeth call it quits
By Matt Mills published
What will MegaDave get up to after retiring? Turns out, not even he’s sure

Watch Jack Black channel his inner Chad Kroeger, singing Nickelback's How You Remind Me
By Paul Brannigan published
Jack Black channels his inner Chad, and why not

The night Stewart Copeland "mortally embarrassed" himself in front of a Beatle
By Paul Brannigan published
The moral of the story is that you're never too cool to make a fool of yourself
Latest Classic Rock Features

“Kate Bush gave me a copy of Aerial and said, ‘Don’t fall asleep while listening!’” Simon Drake’s magic life
By Jo Kendall published
He helped create Bush’s one and only tour show, corrupted light entertainment TV into a counterculture variant, and refused to star in Cats – mainly because of Arthur Brown and Peter Gabriel

The turbulent story of how Janis Joplin tried and failed to get off the rock’n’roll rollercoaster
By Bill DeMain published
In 1966, a strung-out Janis Joplin returned to her home town in Texas, intent on leading a normal life

How Owner Of A Lonely Heart transformed Yes from washed-up 70s prog band into 80s superstars
By Henry Yates published
The song that marked one of rock’s great reinventions

The true story of Hear 'n Aid, the heavy metal Band Aid
By Johnny Black published
Eat your heart out, Bob Geldof – Hear ’n Aid saw the hard-rock community muscling in on the charity single bandwagon. Cue a heavyweight cast, guitar battles and big hair contests

The rise, fall and rise of REO Speedwagon, the misunderstood superstars of AOR
By Ken McIntyre published
The rollercoaster story of REO Speedwagon, the AOR band with a rock’n’roll spirit

Styx fired Dennis DeYoung in 1999, but he still wants a reunion for the fans
By Dave Ling published
The co-founding Styx singer and keyboardist on his prog influences, why he hired a woman to shout at his kids – and why he doesn’t care if he isn’t remembered
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller

Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
By Rich Hobson published
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.






